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Ben Shelton is going to the US Open semifinals after one of the most extraordinary nights in the tournament's history. The American outlasted Carlos Alcaraz in five sets, with the match wrapping up at three thirty-four in the morning New York time — the latest finish ever recorded at Flushing Meadows. Alcaraz's title defense is done, and Shelton is absolutely rolling.
Across the Atlantic, Aston Villa are breathing again. Their three-two Champions League win over Club Brugge on Tuesday was their first win and first goals of the entire European campaign, and former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin says the importance of that result cannot be underestimated for Villa's whole season. Sometimes a club just needs to see the ball hit the back of the net, and Villa found that feeling at just the right moment.
And in Pittsburgh, Aaron Rodgers is back and he is not here to manage a rebuild. The veteran quarterback told reporters the Steelers are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and that belief is precisely why he came back to the game. Whether Pittsburgh can back that up remains the question, but Rodgers has never lacked for conviction.
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